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Jsalirjiial Jtoli
VOL. XVI. NO. 32.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1855.
WHOLE NO. 812.
national ^ttU-Sliiurn) Staniurft.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, ON SATURDAY,
MR. CIIANNING ON
The Rev. W. II. Channino delivered a lecture, last
nigiit, in ihe rooms ol the Tuckennau Instilub', iJeuibrd
street, Ti>.-: ui Slavery iu 11.e
United Stales. There was a very crowded iii.li-mlauei1.
At oi.diL o'clock the ebair was taken by Mr. Wilson.
The ("Ihairinan, in a few words, jnlroiluced tlie subioel
of the I", lure, mid apologized for the unavoidable absence
of the Rev. Francis Bishop, who was to have presided.
The Rev. Mr. Ohanning, who was loudly applauded,
then proceeded to deliver the lecture. He said : I shall
tmd'Mvoi.r. my Ininds, in tlie lectin-.1 to which I n"k your
alientlnu tins e, i-nl■ ili;= io H-hmmlu:f the old iiueedole of
the ambassadors who waited upon a King of Sparta with
a very lengthy ai!ilre>s, as we say in Yankee-land, meaning one whieli in dry and dull, as well as long. They
Waited upon him wilh a very Iniglliy address, and al. tlie
end he said—" With regard to the lir.t and the oiiddie
parts of your discourse, they were so long tht
mat ,1,1m i.
powerfully ibrw ai,:
with the most. a,
iderstood
butes, as they think.
to the third and c
j first two parts, ■
much as J do u
etheci
Now, I shall really endeavour nol
lengthy, although I fear
1 Ihis s
" (lau.
d the slave, the m
, devoted afTection, dii
attitude whieli thus largely ei
should an anti-slavery lecture be d
rather long. Why
. vered in Liverpool?
,11 persons here will respond to ibe ..i.l suy-
idnii to me." Thai is one reason for
next place, until you contradict il, 1 .hall heiieve, in spite
of blustering edilms ami bullying politicians, that you
love the United States ol imerics ma wish them well
(cries of hear, hear, and applause). Then, in the third
feudal
that the relation which
which calls oui
■ "
distribute bounties ; and they also belie'
are dependent look up to <<-.. -..-, w ib ive.ai'ii aim reverence.
■
or solve, the problem of slavery iu America. Tbis is a
living just picture ui' the slavi eparchy. Hii-,-!'.-.. again,
' idillerimi yiuwot Ihe<.jiie.-T.ifin. Tney regard .Ja, ei;,
evil, handed down from their ancestors; and let me
ju, they attribute its origin to the instrumentality ol
Great Britain.
; manv vears since, I saw in the hand-wi
ration of Independence, di
j that the passage is oblitc
nted document)-
lany yea
(1 regre
n ol Ureal liril.ain, ollored, the other e
everywhere. Now
■■■ ■ :
.Vouldy,
erly aildivss upon the colonial
-tiered, the Other evening, to the
.- by Mr. Gladstone, you will have seen
t there are lying
ide of emigration, would you
' " ' ibour in your own
ui slavery is abolished in the Southern Sialic of tin:
lion, the tide of emi-rnlim) will --et in upon them in a
■li-et 11 1 ; io d im-.: ) "I yOUl !,i',,ili,--. and
1 Cuba—every ques
.; the gvuund of peaceftU cooperation, every qnea-
it up, interworked,
I tell you, I believe that
power of mortal man, ami 1 .io nut
question of slavery,
mereial man
workmg man, and
•ue lovers ol their race ; i
r system ol government i
.1 et.mpiiiM.tivelv one button—whether
id, whethei
my, perl,
l,:, ,.
e best system, or whether
r some, at least, here may
m, I have no doubt everv
ieof the mere lesson of our
. ... nm.-t desire that we should faithfully
carry out tin: priueip!,-s ui liberty and equality, niiivei-
Failv li'iislim:' ui, n. nui hi' I., id, o> ihejr own free energies,
to take that place which the endowments of their genius
and character would give them in the social scaleL This
■■:
o try iu J
, like, k
r had an op-
. incubus,
if Christianity.
Cm
of slavery. In a still higher
,s you all, us you arc lovers of Ch
comprehension of what are tl i ' ■
that the largest
ions of socief- ~
Church, and
i in God'a presence
,i: ..ll,-,! in all tlie reiiU.ii ms of society is the
embodiment of the Christian ■"
presentation of the heavenly
Chrislimii Church, you must
ber., oi IkaL Christian Ch ireh, wbuher
ahould together recognise,
tiny to which all bow. Tl
a lecture on anti-slavery
that it ia very becoming ii
that he should seek to ic
the most at the present l
enable you
enable you
the United States
my object to-night
ad judgment of il,,' leudem;
prospects oi' the immediate
.b..', tin:', each ol the great
,k. ami -i.i put each of you ii
ei.Mil,. ul-:ic
., I ahull be a
to give you
before 1 e:
jui.'lhine. to jusl.ily 1.,
, in regard to the Southe
e greul pro-slavery party in the S
who gave 1
■ ■■ ■
position agaiu
is this ; " Great Britain is diatu ' ' "
he .thought, " the peace of the world by her scli
'nhe West Indies, and by a scb
ig a great deal
prosperity. She is pre
e purpose, therefore, wi
ind to the body of men arranged aro
trace the first project of that great sla'
control Central America, to re-pt
,nd to extend asfar, as widely and :
ick tho tide (
pro,
that tho
rather anticipated a cowing
We.-t I,, Iii-
otion and purpost
mnour, that prine
washed pure as wool. -My hope i.
rle. I have pointed on
pon the side of freedom,
e oligarchy is which h
on is that we should n
iismuch as we have all
Jav(iy:nii the h
would rec.-mUe.:
ing of
e when slavery \.
e the hic-hcr ii
ain that
;uppose, nuder the
ami it. may console yon In Li.inv li:al ihey lament thefirsi
"'ey deplore its consequences, as developed in
ud that there are men and women iu i he Sunt!
,, aa generoua, and aa pitying as you your-
si-iv,-.-i (i-heering anil jip|.lausej. I knew a gentleworm
imauding,
she felt that the da
ative land, and feat
would come when God's dread lightni
: South. Sim was noble in figure
states. Tin'
leave li
cloud of slavery hung 6
Meanwhile, si
;e down o
Ml!.:] :■
md she gathered around her all the children
subjected herself to its direst penalli
the plan'
M ,.- m .
Tl,,- 1','vi
justice
ible
thought
elm,
f slavery, t
'l.at slavery will
Commonwealth whieli
by tho blac
dawning of
up to this evil influence of slavery, and
,t—whoareresol'
Meauw:
' this
tyrants by i
inge of uplands i
tin-re is uiiulher el
Understand me, in the Soutli
■eatching down through Vir-
Georgia, and on through
, North at
essieanii Kenue i.y.und i,,ti.
outhern States. On these
•aratively of little use. From the first there has been
I the people there—tiny have never toll an
' .always seen their political
Of republicanism, and Ihey
Tbey are, howt
the power of the slave oligarchy i
icrve force of freedom, readj
(applause). Then, again, there an: those who s,
thi; very soil which i- cultivated by slave
ifidy of ]
resolved,I
u ofa body of people whilst slave n
Millie e
.j Idler.
Let. in.: I:d:e and contrast two States—tbe (
i the other a slave State—about equal in th
Tel us t„ke i\ew York State in ihe Ninth, r
in ihi' South. The Sialc ol .New York e
,000 square miles and that of Virginia 61,0
,000; of Virginia 971,000- in 1820, the popi
ItJiiiJ.'New York 1,918,0
L.0O0; inlS40, New i DO
U.,11,000 ; .mil li: JboO, -New York J,007,0
iiiiu l.'i^fi,000. Then, again, in regard to
their laud improved and unimprove<i. in
New Yoi
giuia I,',
l.i.,| ^ I I'm I
York- limn;
10,3fJO,000
<i,7iU,Ul
In J
i Yuviii
I liieli:
,, K'.7'i-,0,i0ii
■ ■■■■.,..
peradoes and tyn
id combined, vitally c
i'i!. So with regard to the inswiuuc
ihe work would be comparatively vei
', then, somethin
f thai
r brethren do m ll
t least 1 shall
y party of the Soul
jple, growil
ally taught
I bey bell
: tbe people, growing up
lit themselves to believe that it is a providential ordinance for the
: l.,r it Li be. found in" thoOldT
of Ihe ,-ei'ipliiiciM 'Ihey beheve thai liie v, i,',t..s.i political
philosophy of liie ancient world supports them. They
pomi 'to liie h'.eL thai, slavery existed among the chosen
e had as the t
Theyc
fitted, by their
others, especial I
i.'.-aii; endowment.;, lor toil lb;
itted lor the climate in which it
, therefore, that tbe very beat form ol
'"' ■ ::'
tbe Soutkni character in his j
York the total i,.. .,:.■. . -l.-lTIM.iiui;
Virginia, S*314,000. In New York Stale there u
U,oci0 .schools; in Virginia only 2,827. In New Yoi
iclJ,ati5 teachers; in Virginia *.:,
131,000 pupils, and in Vir^iiua IOSU'00. lu Mi
for 1,913,000; in Virginia.'. \-,r (.-ul; riiHi.Of.iii. Tlie
who live iu the Southern States see this and ask thei
selves how they con submit to it. They see also its e'
in the deterioration of their people whet i i. .■ ■ ■
'eveleiiil h.M'.l.iifer then Stan ti lh.it the -
ty this small oligarch j
should also speak hrtuly, i
garohy were numbered
admit that they were vi
slavery
phecy, he would postpoi
could give (cheers). He meant, of i
', based upon the principles ol f
know how
jress. The
:obeathome(loui
progress. They did not know how anxious
.use). Tbepartyof
-n 'lased tf - '
Ipation,
period of
They felt
■eadful sorrow. But (the rev. gentlemi
peacefully settled. They
' i of civil war
tin: piobierii
accumulated
that it could only be cleansed bv some
But (the rev. gentleman eoi.'l:
In the Im Mils o!' ihe li viua' Cod. Great as
be dcep'-dyed as blood, can be
: ".- imHaling
think wc have shown at» tkfll il
Scribes and Pharisees, have neglected
Dr. Cone, th<
1 fun
Whig party. LiMh. would mi tli.-li-li ivadi
appeal for th- B
ncholy picture" of the "depravity of our
I'm'ii'ii acy, undhnld
and obscurity," and refers to
lalM:,,
mi, aiih,.ii;:ii ii
it Great Britain intriKiueei.l
I b hty !
Wyclil
" 'bng'.'
'lheaK'n.-m o; ,h,
■nericn. We <k
leeted
slavery. W,
. ■.. ■ . ■
thesikmcc'Mi.
One thing is certain—tht
beration
he Rev..
Sociei.volie thou:
Free Presbytei
ity of the people, in any State,
freedom, each State can coi
together and n
aslav,
.th the conmii.-sii.tier.- ,.[' oiher States-
si oners can consult togetb
■ -■ I'm:.
fit to introduce freedom, instead of slavery,
mtion can aid them, we will aid them in t
do what you did, and what,
stances, was rightfor you to <
pay for slaves as property iu the way
way. But practically this wili he done, pnmliealiy the
iwn process—Bjjd 1
.theis v.l
;ate from the American Bible Society,
But is this all that the Gospel or the Society1
and say and do nol
have described r With what gladness would the
American Bible S,
itish Society look on and
jthing? Has it no proti
»hat gla>"
anti-slavery party of America, of whatevei
i|iies!ioi
e by sales of public li
, you a
the coloure
the J'.ast Indies
ia which
nancipate them-
of the'United
t will need Ihe
As to the Enj,
willingness to ;m ]
Unless some movement of this kind be made, we sliali
. ■ - .;■■ -.'.': , -A- ■■■
quarters, l: Oh, l" eai t work with William Garrison,"h
who trump]
distribute themselves to the far West,
ist step in to aid them in that wish.
,ble them to take a
aught for aa well
n a compound pr
barked i
a. The Itev. lecturer concluded by quoting a pi
m the works of John G. Whittier illustratinj
,pe, ami resumed his seat amid general and enthu;
,plause.
in, the iiiefi,.',', c,f ihe 11, v. Mr. Ilubberds,
r. l'J. llarvi'v, Ihe thanks of the meeting w
the Bev. gentlemi
Ir. Channing, in
quarrel with America, and urged
idedh
thank.
.. . ,-.'. i
nour of a qu
this country
The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the
THE AMERICAN BIBLE UNION.
than tin' :
]g in Amer
: Society, t
,,",..!■;,■ ■ ;;
vilhlioid.
irof Hi
a and p
; slavea
white 1 .
n danger ol
people. Not withstand in
relle
in the United Slat
.t the n
condition that slavea st
would g
■pi. liie iiioiir
istson conditi
patrons of the Society, aud
we have shown in three previ
departs from its avowed obj
alliance with si,,-
rican BibU i
The chief object of this Sou
izedflud corrce.
■
regards them i
thus disregarding the
Slaveholders conten
the least degree of enl:
will be the restlessnesa
of ehnftelhood ? We give the
s and Pbai
■oightierma
.. The He
rn: ihe liiij,:!. '
the tioil su ['porter of liio sla
) with eulogy, been
-,■.-■ . ■ ■.-.,. . . ■
weekly Eapti
ices of the Society
Church Magazine, and hi
the pre-sk;.
, J- Take us a special
U.Um.ken: he has lately rece
the
i;; llslli-ii
i earnestly engaged in abolishii
try. ;,ihlli,Li
REV. HENRY CASWALL'S TRAVELS IN
THE UNITED STATES.
bishop of Canterbury
i"we could thi,J 'oil the
Tom's Oabii
Remiuiseeuc
slaveholder.:
l.'uswall renlh b
;ie Bed Kiver, i
Solomon North
:■ James Stephen, i
, tells us that
hen the inleres
Bishop Polk
from a bishop whose whole li
■Midered any longc
"tell it to the mm' "
could tell another
no exception
!'' :!,i'.
from contending with 1
Rev. Air.
the abolilio:
by the mi'iliiies
iectly contented if 1
says that Kentucky can
.ward Mathews
ilher story. Cassiua 1.1. Clay has had a
■deuce, 'fhe Uev. Calvin FiurbankH, who
,• in a Kentueky prison for his aympatliy
.mid enlighten the good easy.Mr. Uas.vah
ie active champions of slavery ia Kentucky.
e,v.ill evidently inl'era, from the number of
slave would be per-
either frightened nor
'or ihe Abolitionists to teach bini,
y, the unrewarded toil,"the unprotected sucinl rela-
ihe iiwbiliiy to bold property, tbe euforeed iguo-
und the. perpetual lite-long subjection to awatebful,
s, relentless, dumestie despotism? 'This vicar has
h parish, he omita all the eonsiilerntious
■ Iter would have adduceil iu
.- ■ ■ im v..' ■ - 111 i..m.: I'
settled by time and the ledger; he recognises
' ■ ■ ml
-for a considerable t
uently,deplorei
!>y natural and revealed religion—in ils teeblene
which an h
[iivo.ir of '
e' -., - ■■■:■
ivoiving nothing
of the
:ed, no foi
chattels at the
ies.donal, am
■1 ere nee,
bishop of the English
the slave trade in the
lop Polk and his 400
Mr. Caswall's book is almost wholly pro-
■ Ch ' '
; ieed, that he felt
it certainly would nut have been
ji-eihren il' it. had been called forth.
Wc copy the preceding fi
fortnighliy periodical pub!
mtion of booksellers. Tl
cached us before. We rei
bat amongst those membe
rom whom the well-known
shed in London for I
i". ,", I' I'' ::, '
I Villi i We
mpathy for the si
Rev. Mr. Caswall i
nhuman relat
listently a slaveholder, there is no
e should not be a slavedealer, a slavedrivet
F bloodhounds. On arriving iu Kentucky,
eople of England ought U
eulogy, and of wl
■ ■ ;. ' '
r body among the Not
;hteumentj and that Justin pro-
n and advancement, intellectually,
mil there is danger that this rest-
ition may lead to rebellion and
.erican Bible Union practically
ig one appeal that the slave may
'.oplc separated occau-wido Irom
itendsthat the sin ,i-
child of the same Heavenly Fa-
the same glorious redeinpliom
onism, and the Society will not
if such elements may write immer-
■ .i,se .justice in the
States, about live tiiousaml i
lese men support the Amen
in the present cm '.yedbylh
tors ot slavery W dtfeua tit idea that aiau may riattfullj
r democratic, are
our to those who
y tie said of Mrs.
"INFIDELITY" OF ABOLITIONISM.
■ -,
rat aceepium-e; I'or the spetiaE
i was quite a different thin-
n despotism in Hungary.
the army i
e, the Supreme Court—and having a
rewith to defy all opposition, and ti
on indefinitely. Gradually abolished it
vadiug all parts c
' " atmosphere
, -. ■■... \.
E-ndered and establisl
[ined and the most depraved alike; and
aotcst connection with the coloured race a
Its spirit is as brutal aa it is unnatural;
It is capable of committing any outrage upon the person,
satate of th,- neero, whether bond or free. It
th it the venom of ihe rattlesnake, tlie rapacity
ilf, the fury of the tiger. It is "set on Are of
and the ikme is never quenched- No religious
■ality, either mitigates or restrains it. Chris-
ian, Episcopalian and Methodist, Baptist and
chooland New School Presbvtc-
ickidle Quaker, id.
of eternal infamy, and i
utive justice of God wa
■ " is all-preva:
of chattel s
Old School a
' : :!' '
Thev
,ngth,lhe
ilityol
lity, wrong in the abstract, as a system to be de-
and gradually to bee:.
md general alaveholding, the right to have property
' fellowship^" * ' '■
tliun hall a
real estate. At the Nmih.
mal extension, can se<:iiro it
■holders ai inetiireti in ( hrist.
oly Scriptui
embers, who
portion of their
only by acknowledgini
ireh, comprehensively speaking—are
he subject. All ihe leading Bishops, Doctors of HI
ity, Theological I'l'ofi.-.-st.r.-, ministers, and religiou
' m ., i ample justification for si a veil old ing at ih
ie—Bishop Hedding, in the Golden Ri
1, President <
,nd revealed religion—Kev. Nehcmi
College, finds i
', r,mM-
lultivatiug I
ca.hew
Originally,' they
rash and censurable actl
i be assailed and conquered by
without station or infiuencc; equally
. , finally, "
-■' -" "the sum oi'' „i"i,l, V ' V ,",i
iquired of them by a faithful adherem
slave, iu their church relations, their
s, their social ..niuities, Iheir worldly
tion, they knew not. Instead of seek)
dug trom t
laboured hard to bring them to repent-
imp, irimiiite. out Ion—, uil'ering. Their
,i.:iilier ]iersniial nor sectional; their oh-
ramii any seel nor to assail any party,
-mu'l.t n, Ain rali- tla- slave by every
iressor ; that llu: II
s ibe South,- that I
page *
:s,],:.r,ile IJe.-in.-', Ive- Irom every alavehold-
s betray the
unb'iiipel'cd
-mi.-iiiiHe compromise lor principle, and thus bt.
rij.dils ami litieitiesof tht: millions in thraldom, at a le'arlul
ItelitridU is. ii. every !:iia"i, precisely and only what is
■■.,] as such. 'In pronounce it corrupt,
oppressive, aud especially to demonstrate it to be so, is
ever a proof of " iuliiielitv "■ wlietlier anions' I'amo..- or
Mohammedans, Jews or Christians, Catholics or Protestant.-.. In tin- United Smtes, ii is the bulwark of
:y—the untiring enemy of abolitionism. How, then,
t' been possible fur liie Abolitionists to establish a
i<;k.ui-, ehiir-i-M.-i-, while in ni e, -soy and direct conflict
' " " .ligion'. To say that they onjjt not to
it, is io tleumu.ee lliem iin' refusing logo
crual justice, for adhering lo the Gulden
o whom, have they been infidel'.' If" (o
' ved, let it be shown. liut this ia
yet this is the only test by which
They have but oue bond ot' ugree-
sinlulness of slavery, and, conse-
emancipation. As indt-
d and political opinions ■
mnt of the Eight
i slaves, he affords
Lurch 's the Hul-
Louisiana as a slaveholder. Thro
slave system for its inevitable mi
it not be better that Bishop rolls should be like ttteas
,.,,,-'
... :....:,
for he impeachea whatever is
■..:■ ;,,, eiiii.ly ob-.'IMm.ee. ;..
i, a sanctified vilhmy, or a miserable ik'iu-
,, tflavery in Europe, Pro-
The Episcopalian, the
" " 'nliilet,"
bby
c of slavery. No ai
^ht, without a breacfi or
e object ostensibly aimed
ught, without
icrversion oi tbe object osten
in justly complain of any other member,
i his testimony against slavery and its
abellors. oe account of any opinions held ui pnm.ulealeil
him on his individual responsibility.
Whence, then, this onlery of " mfidelity " ! It has
he slave aa^bound
■
accompliaii s-
hanged and un
thnugh the charge has b
t home and abroad, it :
ttered either through :
onal jealousy, or pro-sli
i, sectarian enmity, per-
purpose. Of the Sabbath it. bathe bound, and plead
igatory to Ileal the siek.i

f£^%^^^ J^^^^
Jsalirjiial Jtoli
VOL. XVI. NO. 32.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1855.
WHOLE NO. 812.
national ^ttU-Sliiurn) Staniurft.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, ON SATURDAY,
MR. CIIANNING ON
The Rev. W. II. Channino delivered a lecture, last
nigiit, in ihe rooms ol the Tuckennau Instilub', iJeuibrd
street, Ti>.-: ui Slavery iu 11.e
United Stales. There was a very crowded iii.li-mlauei1.
At oi.diL o'clock the ebair was taken by Mr. Wilson.
The ("Ihairinan, in a few words, jnlroiluced tlie subioel
of the I", lure, mid apologized for the unavoidable absence
of the Rev. Francis Bishop, who was to have presided.
The Rev. Mr. Ohanning, who was loudly applauded,
then proceeded to deliver the lecture. He said : I shall
tmd'Mvoi.r. my Ininds, in tlie lectin-.1 to which I n"k your
alientlnu tins e, i-nl■ ili;= io H-hmmlu:f the old iiueedole of
the ambassadors who waited upon a King of Sparta with
a very lengthy ai!ilre>s, as we say in Yankee-land, meaning one whieli in dry and dull, as well as long. They
Waited upon him wilh a very Iniglliy address, and al. tlie
end he said—" With regard to the lir.t and the oiiddie
parts of your discourse, they were so long tht
mat ,1,1m i.
powerfully ibrw ai,:
with the most. a,
iderstood
butes, as they think.
to the third and c
j first two parts, ■
much as J do u
etheci
Now, I shall really endeavour nol
lengthy, although I fear
1 Ihis s
" (lau.
d the slave, the m
, devoted afTection, dii
attitude whieli thus largely ei
should an anti-slavery lecture be d
rather long. Why
. vered in Liverpool?
,11 persons here will respond to ibe ..i.l suy-
idnii to me." Thai is one reason for
next place, until you contradict il, 1 .hall heiieve, in spite
of blustering edilms ami bullying politicians, that you
love the United States ol imerics ma wish them well
(cries of hear, hear, and applause). Then, in the third
feudal
that the relation which
which calls oui
■ "
distribute bounties ; and they also belie'
are dependent look up to < ihejr own free energies,
to take that place which the endowments of their genius
and character would give them in the social scaleL This
■■:
o try iu J
, like, k
r had an op-
. incubus,
if Christianity.
Cm
of slavery. In a still higher
,s you all, us you arc lovers of Ch
comprehension of what are tl i ' ■
that the largest
ions of socief- ~
Church, and
i in God'a presence
,i: ..ll,-,! in all tlie reiiU.ii ms of society is the
embodiment of the Christian ■"
presentation of the heavenly
Chrislimii Church, you must
ber., oi IkaL Christian Ch ireh, wbuher
ahould together recognise,
tiny to which all bow. Tl
a lecture on anti-slavery
that it ia very becoming ii
that he should seek to ic
the most at the present l
enable you
enable you
the United States
my object to-night
ad judgment of il,,' leudem;
prospects oi' the immediate
.b..', tin:', each ol the great
,k. ami -i.i put each of you ii
ei.Mil,. ul-:ic
., I ahull be a
to give you
before 1 e:
jui.'lhine. to jusl.ily 1.,
, in regard to the Southe
e greul pro-slavery party in the S
who gave 1
■ ■■ ■
position agaiu
is this ; " Great Britain is diatu ' ' "
he .thought, " the peace of the world by her scli
'nhe West Indies, and by a scb
ig a great deal
prosperity. She is pre
e purpose, therefore, wi
ind to the body of men arranged aro
trace the first project of that great sla'
control Central America, to re-pt
,nd to extend asfar, as widely and :
ick tho tide (
pro,
that tho
rather anticipated a cowing
We.-t I,, Iii-
otion and purpost
mnour, that prine
washed pure as wool. -My hope i.
rle. I have pointed on
pon the side of freedom,
e oligarchy is which h
on is that we should n
iismuch as we have all
Jav(iy:nii the h
would rec.-mUe.:
ing of
e when slavery \.
e the hic-hcr ii
ain that
;uppose, nuder the
ami it. may console yon In Li.inv li:al ihey lament thefirsi
"'ey deplore its consequences, as developed in
ud that there are men and women iu i he Sunt!
,, aa generoua, and aa pitying as you your-
si-iv,-.-i (i-heering anil jip|.lausej. I knew a gentleworm
imauding,
she felt that the da
ative land, and feat
would come when God's dread lightni
: South. Sim was noble in figure
states. Tin'
leave li
cloud of slavery hung 6
Meanwhile, si
;e down o
Ml!.:] :■
md she gathered around her all the children
subjected herself to its direst penalli
the plan'
M ,.- m .
Tl,,- 1','vi
justice
ible
thought
elm,
f slavery, t
'l.at slavery will
Commonwealth whieli
by tho blac
dawning of
up to this evil influence of slavery, and
,t—whoareresol'
Meauw:
' this
tyrants by i
inge of uplands i
tin-re is uiiulher el
Understand me, in the Soutli
■eatching down through Vir-
Georgia, and on through
, North at
essieanii Kenue i.y.und i,,ti.
outhern States. On these
•aratively of little use. From the first there has been
I the people there—tiny have never toll an
' .always seen their political
Of republicanism, and Ihey
Tbey are, howt
the power of the slave oligarchy i
icrve force of freedom, readj
(applause). Then, again, there an: those who s,
thi; very soil which i- cultivated by slave
ifidy of ]
resolved,I
u ofa body of people whilst slave n
Millie e
.j Idler.
Let. in.: I:d:e and contrast two States—tbe (
i the other a slave State—about equal in th
Tel us t„ke i\ew York State in ihe Ninth, r
in ihi' South. The Sialc ol .New York e
,000 square miles and that of Virginia 61,0
,000; of Virginia 971,000- in 1820, the popi
ItJiiiJ.'New York 1,918,0
L.0O0; inlS40, New i DO
U.,11,000 ; .mil li: JboO, -New York J,007,0
iiiiu l.'i^fi,000. Then, again, in regard to
their laud improved and unimprove"
anti-slavery party of America, of whatevei
i|iies!ioi
e by sales of public li
, you a
the coloure
the J'.ast Indies
ia which
nancipate them-
of the'United
t will need Ihe
As to the Enj,
willingness to ;m ]
Unless some movement of this kind be made, we sliali
. ■ - .;■■ -.'.': , -A- ■■■
quarters, l: Oh, l" eai t work with William Garrison,"h
who trump]
distribute themselves to the far West,
ist step in to aid them in that wish.
,ble them to take a
aught for aa well
n a compound pr
barked i
a. The Itev. lecturer concluded by quoting a pi
m the works of John G. Whittier illustratinj
,pe, ami resumed his seat amid general and enthu;
,plause.
in, the iiiefi,.',', c,f ihe 11, v. Mr. Ilubberds,
r. l'J. llarvi'v, Ihe thanks of the meeting w
the Bev. gentlemi
Ir. Channing, in
quarrel with America, and urged
idedh
thank.
.. . ,-.'. i
nour of a qu
this country
The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the
THE AMERICAN BIBLE UNION.
than tin' :
]g in Amer
: Society, t
,,",..!■;,■ ■ ;;
vilhlioid.
irof Hi
a and p
; slavea
white 1 .
n danger ol
people. Not withstand in
relle
in the United Slat
.t the n
condition that slavea st
would g
■pi. liie iiioiir
istson conditi
patrons of the Society, aud
we have shown in three previ
departs from its avowed obj
alliance with si,,-
rican BibU i
The chief object of this Sou
izedflud corrce.
■
regards them i
thus disregarding the
Slaveholders conten
the least degree of enl:
will be the restlessnesa
of ehnftelhood ? We give the
s and Pbai
■oightierma
.. The He
rn: ihe liiij,:!. '
the tioil su ['porter of liio sla
) with eulogy, been
-,■.-■ . ■ ■.-.,. . . ■
weekly Eapti
ices of the Society
Church Magazine, and hi
the pre-sk;.
, J- Take us a special
U.Um.ken: he has lately rece
the
i;; llslli-ii
i earnestly engaged in abolishii
try. ;,ihlli,Li
REV. HENRY CASWALL'S TRAVELS IN
THE UNITED STATES.
bishop of Canterbury
i"we could thi,J 'oil the
Tom's Oabii
Remiuiseeuc
slaveholder.:
l.'uswall renlh b
;ie Bed Kiver, i
Solomon North
:■ James Stephen, i
, tells us that
hen the inleres
Bishop Polk
from a bishop whose whole li
■Midered any longc
"tell it to the mm' "
could tell another
no exception
!'' :!,i'.
from contending with 1
Rev. Air.
the abolilio:
by the mi'iliiies
iectly contented if 1
says that Kentucky can
.ward Mathews
ilher story. Cassiua 1.1. Clay has had a
■deuce, 'fhe Uev. Calvin FiurbankH, who
,• in a Kentueky prison for his aympatliy
.mid enlighten the good easy.Mr. Uas.vah
ie active champions of slavery ia Kentucky.
e,v.ill evidently inl'era, from the number of
slave would be per-
either frightened nor
'or ihe Abolitionists to teach bini,
y, the unrewarded toil,"the unprotected sucinl rela-
ihe iiwbiliiy to bold property, tbe euforeed iguo-
und the. perpetual lite-long subjection to awatebful,
s, relentless, dumestie despotism? 'This vicar has
h parish, he omita all the eonsiilerntious
■ Iter would have adduceil iu
.- ■ ■ im v..' ■ - 111 i..m.: I'
settled by time and the ledger; he recognises
' ■ ■ ml
-for a considerable t
uently,deplorei
!>y natural and revealed religion—in ils teeblene
which an h
[iivo.ir of '
e' -., - ■■■:■
ivoiving nothing
of the
:ed, no foi
chattels at the
ies.donal, am
■1 ere nee,
bishop of the English
the slave trade in the
lop Polk and his 400
Mr. Caswall's book is almost wholly pro-
■ Ch ' '
; ieed, that he felt
it certainly would nut have been
ji-eihren il' it. had been called forth.
Wc copy the preceding fi
fortnighliy periodical pub!
mtion of booksellers. Tl
cached us before. We rei
bat amongst those membe
rom whom the well-known
shed in London for I
i". ,", I' I'' ::, '
I Villi i We
mpathy for the si
Rev. Mr. Caswall i
nhuman relat
listently a slaveholder, there is no
e should not be a slavedealer, a slavedrivet
F bloodhounds. On arriving iu Kentucky,
eople of England ought U
eulogy, and of wl
■ ■ ;. ' '
r body among the Not
;hteumentj and that Justin pro-
n and advancement, intellectually,
mil there is danger that this rest-
ition may lead to rebellion and
.erican Bible Union practically
ig one appeal that the slave may
'.oplc separated occau-wido Irom
itendsthat the sin ,i-
child of the same Heavenly Fa-
the same glorious redeinpliom
onism, and the Society will not
if such elements may write immer-
■ .i,se .justice in the
States, about live tiiousaml i
lese men support the Amen
in the present cm '.yedbylh
tors ot slavery W dtfeua tit idea that aiau may riattfullj
r democratic, are
our to those who
y tie said of Mrs.
"INFIDELITY" OF ABOLITIONISM.
■ -,
rat aceepium-e; I'or the spetiaE
i was quite a different thin-
n despotism in Hungary.
the army i
e, the Supreme Court—and having a
rewith to defy all opposition, and ti
on indefinitely. Gradually abolished it
vadiug all parts c
' " atmosphere
, -. ■■... \.
E-ndered and establisl
[ined and the most depraved alike; and
aotcst connection with the coloured race a
Its spirit is as brutal aa it is unnatural;
It is capable of committing any outrage upon the person,
satate of th,- neero, whether bond or free. It
th it the venom of ihe rattlesnake, tlie rapacity
ilf, the fury of the tiger. It is "set on Are of
and the ikme is never quenched- No religious
■ality, either mitigates or restrains it. Chris-
ian, Episcopalian and Methodist, Baptist and
chooland New School Presbvtc-
ickidle Quaker, id.
of eternal infamy, and i
utive justice of God wa
■ " is all-preva:
of chattel s
Old School a
' : :!' '
Thev
,ngth,lhe
ilityol
lity, wrong in the abstract, as a system to be de-
and gradually to bee:.
md general alaveholding, the right to have property
' fellowship^" * ' '■
tliun hall a
real estate. At the Nmih.
mal extension, can se